The lab mounts plugin source from this workspace into disposable WordPress containers, installs WordPress with WP-CLI, activates the selected plugin, and runs smoke tests.

Environments

Default matrix:

Environment	WordPress Image	PHP	Database
`wp7-php84`	`wordpress:php8.4-apache`	8.4	MariaDB 11

The wp7-php84 image installs the latest WordPress available in the image line. Legacy WordPress/PHP environments should be added only for an explicit compatibility pass, not as part of the default bounded release gate.

Commands

Run all configured environments:

cd tools\testlab
.\scripts\run-all.ps1

Run one environment:

cd tools\testlab
.\scripts\run-env.ps1 -Env wp7-php84

Stop and remove one environment:

cd tools\testlab
.\scripts\down-env.ps1 -Env wp7-php84

Stop and remove all environments:

cd tools\testlab
.\scripts\down-all.ps1

What The Smoke Test Does

Starts WordPress and MariaDB.
Waits for the database and WordPress container.
Installs WordPress.
Activates bible-reference-tooltips.
Confirms PHP, WordPress, and plugin versions.
Confirms the plugin-created table exists.
Imports WEB, KJV, ASV, and YLT through the plugin's internal importer.
Confirms imported verse rows and canonical book coverage exist.
Confirms representative REST lookups, including compact references such as Mark10:45, Eze 36:26, and 2Jn1:6.
Creates a post containing those references.

This stops before WordPress.org SVN or plugin submission work.